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擁 = 扌 + 玄 + 隹

擁 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hug”. It is built from 扌 (finger), 玄 (mysterious) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1488.

Keyword
hug
RTK frame
1488
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヨウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
обнимать
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
擁 embrace

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 玄 mysterious
  3. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 擁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finger” + “mysterious” + “short-tailed bird”. 擁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 擁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.